Feed-rack



(No Model.)

S. H. WARREN.

FEED RACK.

No. 449,303. Patente@ 31,1891. Y

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NITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

FEED- sPEcrFIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Application filed April 4, 1889.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HAUGHTON VARREN, a citizen of the United States, re siding at Keosanqua, in the county of Van Buren and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Feed-Rack with Shed Attach ment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in feed-racks and sheds, in which a self-regulatr o ing feed-receiver operates in conjunction with a protected feed-saving manger and an ad- ,instable or regulating slide in the rack and aprotection against storms for stock in the sheds; and the objects of my improvements are, iirst, to provide a self-regulating feed-receiver in the upper part of the rack that will receive the feed at the top and convey the same to a manger beneath,the receiver being automatic in its nature, and to which the zo stock have access through openings in the sides and ends of the rack; second, to afford facilities for the self-regulation of feed, the reservation of feed, the saving of feed, the saving of labor, the protection of stock from 2 5 accidents, and, third, ashed attached to the rack to protect the stock from storms.

' l attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which is shown a perspective view of my de- 3@ vice, and in which l are vertical parts of the entire rack. are the upper girts. 3 are the guards. t are the slides. 5 are the cleats. 6 is the top of the manger. 7 are boards inclosing the manger.

3 5 8 are slats inclosing the feed-receiver. 9 are braces. 10 are supports. ll are truss-blocks.

12 are retaining-stakes.

Similar figures refer to si milar parts throughout.

The lower girts 2 and guards 3 and supports l0 are fastened to vertical posts l by bolts passing through all. of them, and the upper girts 2 are mortised into the vertical posts l at the top and nailed, constituting the framework of the rack. Braces 9 are nailed to the vertical posts l on the inside, and slats S, nailed to the upper and lower girts 2 on the inside of same, constitute the feedaeceiver.

The retaining-stakes 12 are secured at their 5o tops at the upper portion of themanger and extended obliquely downward toward the center of the rack below the receiver. These RACK.

Patent No. 449,303, dated March 31, 1891.

Serial No. 306.036. (No model.)

stakes serve to keep the material back from the manger and permit the animal to draw the hay out, and the accumulation of the hay tected and held within, preventing the cattle from trampling the same down.

The slides al are kept in place by cleats 5, nailed to the top of the manger, and guards 3, and when closed is secured by a loose bolt passing into the post through the cleats and slides Ll.

The truss-blocks ll are nailed in between the guards 3 and lower girts 2 and are to strengthen the guards.

The sub-posts l0 are to give extra width to the manger.

The girts 2 and slats S are nailed on the inside of racks.

By making the rack. smaller at the top than at the bottom the feed is permitted to spread and become somewhat loosened at. the side, so as to be more easily drawn out.

The shed is attained by extending vertical posts l on the back side and both ends of the rack higher than in front by nailing plates flat on top of vertical posts l at both ends and back side, letting plates extend beyond the vertical posts l, and supported by braces from the end of the plate to the post beneath,to which the upper ends of the rafters of the shed are nailed, and closing the opening by extending the slats S to the plates at the top or backs and ends of the rack and nailing them to the plate and closing the openings between the slats by battens. The end walls of the shed extend beyond the frontof the rack sufficiently to shelter stock feeding at the rack, constitoting the shed attachment, and it is laborsaving, because feed can be stored in large quantities and may be always reserved for bad weather. lt protects from accidents by the manger being inclosed, preventing stock from accidentally falling into the manger, and the stock are protected from getting chaff into their eyes, because the mouth cannot be elevated higher than the eyes while fee-ding.

The shed attachment affords protection for stock and shelter from storms; also affords a driveway around the rack for cleaning and bedding in the rear of the rack and an approach in front of the rack for replenishing the same with feed. The formation for the deposited in the bottom of the manger is pro- IOO rack and shed is attained by setting all vei'- l holder above the manger, formed of a size less 1o Juical parts of Tack and shed inthe ground or than the manger and with vertical slats, a

by using short posts or stone. shed inclined from the top of the holder, and What I claim as my invention, and desire inclined retaining-stakes 12 in the manger,

l11o secure by Letters Patent, issubstantially as described.

In a feed-rack, Jche combination of a'hori- SAMUEL IIAUGHTON WARREN. zontal slatted mangeil having openings there- Witnesses: in through which the feed is taken, slides for SAMUEL HEARN, opening and closing the openings, a feed- JOHN VRIGHT. 

